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021-2000 LTC CITY OF MIAMI BEACH CITY HALL 1700 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA 33139 http:\\ci.miami-beach.fl.us ._______.__.._..__________.__....___________________________________...._._____________._____._.____._._.___.__________________________________________________________.._e____._____________________________________________________ L.T.C. No. 21-2000 LETTER TO COMMISSION February 7, 2000 TO: Mayor Neisen O. Kasdin and Members of the City Commission FROM: Lawrence A. Levy ~ City Manager Y SUBJECT: ST A TUS OF THE BLUE RIBBON CITY MANAGER SEARCH COMMITTEE - UPDATE#3 In order to ensure that the Mayor and Members of the City Commission are informed of the progress of the Blue Ribbon City Manager Search Committee, periodic updates will be provided via LTC's. A meeting of the sub-committee (Mr. Berkman, Mr. Diaz, and Mr. Steirheim) to negotiate a fee and contract with DMG Maximus has been scheduled for Friday. February 11 at 2:00 p.m. in the City Manager's Large Conference Room. The next meeting of the Blue Ribbon City Manager Search Committee is scheduled for Friday. February 25. 2000 at 4:00 p.m.. in the City Manager's Large Conference Room. The meeting agenda will be distributed once the agenda is finalized. At the request of the Committee, the three (3) previous City Managers, Mr. Roger Carlton, Mr. Jose Garcia-Pedrosa, and Mr. Sergio Rodriguez were invited and have confirmed their attendance at this meeting. February 2. 2000 - 2nd Committee Meeting Committee members attending the meeting were Mr, Berkman, Mr. Cisneros, Mr. Diaz, Ms. Rundle, Mr. Stierheim, and Mr. Tomlin, Mr. Berens was absent. Mayor Kasdin, Vice Mayor Smith, and Commissioners Bower, Cruz, Dermer, Garcia, and Liebman attended the meeting and each gave individual profiles of their ideal city manager. Six (6) members of the public, Mr. David Kelsey, Ms, Susan Smith, Mr. Frank Del Vecchio, Ms. Bea Kalstein, Mr. Joe Fontana, and Ms. Bernice Martinez gave input to the committee. Four (4) Executive Search firms, Korn Ferry, DMG Maximus, A.T. Kearney, and Isaacson Miller were contacted and invited to attend the meeting and present proposals. DMG Maximus was the only firm which attended the C:\DA T A\CITYCLER\CMSEARCH\HISTORY 4.L TC meeting. The Blue Ribbon City Manager Search Committee established a sub-committee (Mr. Berkman, Mr. Diaz, and Mr. Steirheim) to negotiate a fee and contract with DMG Maximus, Meetings dates and times of sub-committee will be announced when scheduled. DMG Maximus will consolidate the information received at the February 2nd meeting and will prepare materials for review and approval by the Blue Ribbon City Manager Selection Committee at the February 25 meeting, In order to gather additional information, DMG Maximus was directed to speak with the Assistant City Managers Ms. Buttacavoli, Ms. Cuervo, Ms. Gavarrete, and Mr. Schwartz, Chief of Police Richard Barreto, Fire Chief Floyd Jordan, City Attorney Murray Dubbin, and City Manager Lawrence Levy, If any of the previously mentioned individuals are interested in applying for the position they will not be asked for their input. In addition, DMG Maximus is to contact the three (3) previous city managers, Roger Carlton, Jose Garcia-Pedrosa, and Sergio Rodriguez for their input. January 12. 2000 Mr. Berkman made a presentation to the City Commission. A resolution was approved waiving the competitive bidding for a search firm and appropriated an amount not to exceed $40,000 to cover expenses related to the process. The resolution was approved, January 6. 2000: First meeting of the Blue Ribbon City Manager Search Committee. Mr. Ron Berkman was selected as the chairperson. The Committee requested that the City Commission and members of the public attend the next meeting and profile the ideal city manager. The Committee agreed to ask the City Commission for authorization to employ a professional search firm and to allocate up to $40,000 to fund search related expenses, The Committee also agreed that there will be no lobbying of the Committee. December 15.1999: Lawrence Levy sworn in as City Manager effective December 18, 1999. December 15. 1999: Sergio Rodriguez's last commission meeting, December 1. 1999: City Commission Agenda item R9E - Discussion regarding the city manager selection process. The City Commission formed a Blue Ribbon Search Committee with the Mayor and each Commissioner making an individual appointment. The following appointments were made: Mayor Kasdin Dean Ronald Berkman Vice-Mayor Smith Mr. Fred Berens Commissioner Bower Mr. Victor Diaz Commissioner Cruz Mr, Carlos Cisneros Commissioner Dermer Ms. Katherine Fernandez Rundle, State Attorney C:\DA T A \CITYCLER\CMSEARCH\HISTORY 4.L TC Commissioner Garcia Mr. Merrett Stierheim Commissioner Liebman Mr. Don Tomlin The City Commission also appointed Lawrence Levy City Manager effective Saturday, December 18, 1999. LLlREP c: Mayra Diaz Buttacavoli, Assistant City Manager Christina M. Cuervo, Assistant City Manager Janet Gavarrete, Assistant City Manager Matthew Schwartz, Assistant City Manager Mary Greenwood, Executive Assistant to the City Manager Ronnie Singer, Executive Assistant to the City Manager C:\DA T A \CITYCLER\CMSEARCH\HISTORY 4.L TC